Mahwah, New Jersey-based Novadigm Inc is widening the base for its distributed applications management software with version 3.0 of its Enterprise Desktop Manager, which includes the ability to host the currently MVS-only repository under Solaris, with AIX, HP-UX and Windows NT implementations in the pipeline. The repository maintains application version information which is used by the product to synchronise the distribution of software upgrades, other version changes and content, across mixed client-server environments. Version 3.0 includes a new Version Management module that Novadigm says enables system administrators to manage multiple versions of the same applications in development via a Package Version Control System, which automatically updates Enterprise Desktop Manager configuration models when new versions are promoted to production by development teams. It also checks the related application version components prior to execution. It can be used to manage software running across mixed Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun, AT&T Global Information Systems, NT, OS/2, NetWare, Windows and Macintosh environments. It continuously configures client-server application content across distributed desktops and servers and has four components. EDM:Manager, for MVS or Solaris, is the object-oriented repository of application information. EDM:Client manages application execution on the desktop. An EDM intermediate server coordinates the management of EDM:Client desktops. The systems manager, EDM:Administrator, configures and manages the application versions and desktop content in the EDM:Manager. Novadigm has expanded EDM:Administrator to enable administrators to identify the impact of deployment prior to deployment and execution across a distributed system. Prices start at $20,000. The EDM:Manager repository goes from $2,000, the EDM:Administrator is $1,000 and clients are $100 each. Novadigm claimed $10m in revenues last year.
